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A Brush With History

As a young seaman at the end of World War II, Owen Hardage had an unusual, if brief, encounter with an important personage. Here is Owen’s previously unpublished story, as ghostwritten by his wife Jeanette. (The story has been edited from the original for length). …

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Owen Hardage, WW IILeave a Comment on A Brush With HistoryMay 26, 2021November 21, 2021 By Alison Edwards

In Love With the Sea

Owen Hardage started going to sea when he was just a young boy, making his first trip across the Pacific Ocean at the age of eight in 1934. As a young man, he served in the Navy during World War II, then later made a …

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At Sea With God, Faith and Other Matters, nature, Owen Hardage, poems, WW IILeave a Comment on In Love With the SeaMay 12, 2021March 21, 2024 By Alison Edwards

Sailing Through Life

Jeanette Hardage found inspiration in the writing of Billy Collins, U.S. Poet Laureate from 2001-2003, to the point that she incorporated some of her favorite phrases from his book Sailing Alone Around the Room into a poem of her own. She called this a “silly” …

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Billy Collins, Owen Hardage, philosophy of life, poems1 Comment on Sailing Through LifeJuly 29, 2020November 11, 2024 By Alison Edwards

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